THE sky's the limit for Robert Earnshaw's soccer career, says Bluebirds team boss Lennie Lawrence.

Earnie has fired nine goals already this season and Lawrence, with 25 years and 1,000-plus matches experience as a manager, rates him among the best he's ever worked with.

"A lot of the strikers I've had before have been older, but Earnie certainly has vast potential," said Lawrence.

"He's right up there, he is the top goalscorer in the nation right now and the sky's the limit for the boy. Whatever he wants badly enough he can achieve in football.

"He has met every challenge he has been set in his life.

"I heard people say he might struggle to score goals as he went higher, but he has scored in all three divisions of the Nationwide League and there is no reason he can't do the same when we move up another step.

"I want to get up as quickly as possible, even this season, but we are not setting any targets like that.

"If it comes, fair enough, but we will know more about our position after we have played Reading and Sheffield United away this week.

"After those two games we will have more of an idea whether we can sustain a challenge."